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Me when I add literally anything to my altar:

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it’s small joys saturday y’all let’s get it

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Candle Magic Beyond Colors

A lot of people talk about color correspondences with candles, but a candle's potential in magic runs way deeper than that! Here's a list of things I don't see people mention as much:

Loading a Candle

Carve out a small hole in the bottom of the candle and stuff it with herbs, a name, whatever else you want to "fill" the candle with.

Carvings

Etch sigils, symbols, names, and other things into the candle before burning! (I like the idea of writing my problems/worries onto the candle then watching as they burn and melt away.)

Dressing a Candle

Much like loading a candle, mix your herbs in an oil or have a pre-made magical oil ready to cover your candle in before lighting.

Reversals

Chop off the top of the candle, flip it upside down, and carve a new wick out of the bottom (now top.) This is a good way to inverse its symbolism!

Shape of Candle/Container

Not all candles are little cylenders. Candles shaped like pyramids, spheres, hearts, skulls, or animals can all have those correspondences taken into account as well.

Life of the Flame

Some candles are meant to only burn for a short period of time then be blown out. (Like birthday candles.) Others are meant to burn continuously over multiple days (like yahrzeit candles or seven-day candles.) Others can be lit or extinguished as you please. Which one makes the most sense for your goals?

Burning or Beacon?

A candle flame is a light in the darkness, drawing things near. It's also literal fire which can burn away whatever it touches. Which one is your candle trying to do, burn out something undesired or serve as a beacon for what you DO desire? Plan accordingly.

Read the Wax

Always a classic, you can read the shapes made from the wax once the spell is complete to get a gage of how things went/are going. Followup information is always good and can tell you a lot!!

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It pisses me the fuck off that yoga is actually ancient and really good for you. Part of me still feels like it was invented to extract wealth from white socal moms.

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Budget Tarot that’s just me recreating the classic Rider Waite designs on my iPhone camera as closely as possible while refusing to spend a dime on anything that isn’t already in my apartment

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Gaza's municipality is trying to raise money to fix and restore Gaza's water system. Please support them by boosting and/or donating

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jewitch moodboard ✡︎

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Trusting your gut is a continuous learning process. Your gut is always right, it’s just a matter of learning to place that trust in yourself and discerning what’s actually your gut vs. merely bias or anxiety.

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my calendar said it was on the 28th but chabad.org said it was today so

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Your cards cannot think for you your teachers cannot think for you spirits cannot think for you your gods cannot think for you. YOU have to think for you. Do not outsource your thinking onto other figures, because there are and will be people looking to fill that void and tell you where to go and what to do and how to spend your money, and you will cede all control if someone speaks it cleverly enough.

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another reminder to stop buying/watching/reading anything JK Rowling associated

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Good afternoon sluts and those of us who wanted to be sluts but never got around to it

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you can tell that the protocols of the elders of zion is a fake story because it’s a book where a bunch of old jews gather in a room and agree on something

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Passover is coming!

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advice for years later

you will be over it, and there will still be some stupid fucking thing on a random Tuesday that slips sideways through time and blindsides you with grief. it happens. it just happens.

live through it. put the shovel down: there is, I promise you, nothing to dig up that you’ll enjoy more than what you planted on top of the grave of what you lost.

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River Spirit Update:

I'm still going to go ahead and try to meet and work with a spirit from the local river, probably next week once I have more time, though. I've found a suitable anchor to offer it.